Had We destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, “Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we would have followed Your revelations before we were humiliated and disgraced.”
यदि हम उसके पहले इन्हें किसी यातना से विनष्ट कर देते तो ये कहते कि "ऐ हमारे रब, तूने हमारे पास कोई रसूल क्यों न भेजा कि इससे पहले कि हम अपमानित और रुसवा होते, तेरी आयतों का अनुपालन करने लगते?"